Recognition

We are honored by the recent recognition our Firm and individual lawyers have received from clients, peers and the business community:

Smith Anderson landed on Law360’s 2015 list of the 400 largest law firms in the U.S. at 332. Smith Anderson is the largest law firm based in Raleigh to make the list.

Smith Anderson is listed in the National LawJournal’s2016 “NLJ 350” list, which identifies the largest law firms in the United States by number of lawyers. We are the only Raleigh-based law firm to make the list.

BTI Consulting Group ranked Smith Anderson as one of the nation's top law firms for client service excellence in the 2017 BTI Client Service A-Team guide. The BTI Client Service A-Team is the only law firm ranking based solely on direct, unprompted feedback from corporate counsel.

Thirty-one Smith Anderson lawyers earned high honors from 2016 Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, including more lawyers recognized within the practice of Corporate/M&A than any other North Carolina-based law firm. In the publication's practice area rankings, the Firm received honors in the following practice categories: Banking & Finance; Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions; Environment; Intellectual Property; Labor & Employment; Litigation: General Commercial; and Real Estate.

In the 2017 “Best Law Firms” ranking, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® recognized Smith Anderson in 38 practice categories, including two national ratings.

North Carolina Super Lawyers2016 recognizes 46 of the Firm's lawyers as either Super Lawyers or “Rising Stars” in its annual ratings.

Benchmark Litigation 2017, "The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys," included 11 lawyers and gave Smith Anderson's Litigation group a "highly recommended" rating, which is the publication's highest rating.